Brassiere construction



April 30, 1963 H. w. DOZIER 3,087,494

BRASSIERE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 30, 1959 IN V EN TOR. 052/76 W. DOZl2 United States Patent 3,087,494 BRASSIERE CONSTRUCTION Henna W. Dozier, 6609 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. Filed Nov. 30, 1959, Ser. No. 356,250 2 Claims. (Cl. 128-460) The present invention relates to a brassiere construction, and it particularly relates to a brassiere which may readily be arranged to maintain its support and permit dropping of one of the cups thereof, useful for maternity purposes.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide a novel brassiere construction in which one of the cups may be readily dropped to permit access for nursing purposes, while at the same time the support of the brassiere is assured.

Another object is to provide a novel brassiere construction which without loss of support enables dropping of a cup thereof to permit nursing of the children without difiiculty and also ready replacement of such cup.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detailed description set forth below, it being understood, however, that this more detailed description is given by way of illustration and explanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changes therein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, the shoulder straps of the brassiere are provided with an adjustable buckle and also with a detachable member permitting the strap to be readily detached from the breast cup by means of a loop attached to each of said breast cups.

Desirably, in the central portion of the brassiere adjacent the upper end of the vertical front seam thereof, separating the breast cups is an elastic loop which may be dropped to engage the attachable connection and support the brassiere when one of the breast cups are lowered for nursing purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications c-an be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein ilke reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational perspective view of a brassiere according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear fragmentary elevational view showing the support loop.

FIG. 3 is a front perspective view similar to FIG. 1 showing one breast cup lowered with the elastic loop engaging the detachable connection after it has been removed from the loop at the top of the breast cup.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, there is shown a brassiere having the breast cup portions A with a lower elastic section B and an upper lace section C.

The lace sections C have the top loops D which are engaged by the detachable connections E to the straps F having the adjustment buckles G.

The brassiere has a terminal lower elastic front strap H and a rear elastic panel I with an adjustable connection K Referring particularly to the construction, the seams extending horizontally across the breast cup from the connection 11 to the central vertical seam 12 to the peaks 13 and then down to the side seams at 14 and then down to the side seams 15 at 14 are provided with the backing tapes 16 (see FIG. 2).

The center seam 12 is provided with a backing tape 17 which extends from the cleavage 18 to the elevated lower peak 19 forming the open space 20 above the elastic band H.

Sewn into and held in position by vertical bands 17 in back of the seam 12, will be the ends 21 of the elastic loop 22.

The elastic loop 22 normally is retained inside of the upper breast cup portions C as indicated in FIG. 2 when not in use.

The detachable connections B have a lower book 23 which can be attached to or detached from loops D at the top of the breast cup.

These detachable connections E also have the loops 24 in which the lower ends 25 of the shoulder straps are connected.

In usage, the loops D on one or the other side are detached as indicated in FIG. 3 from the hook 23 and then a rubber loop 22 is attached in position thereon, giving support to the front and back of the brassiere as indicated in FIG. 3 when one of the breast cups indicated at M is lowered.

Thu-s by relatively simple elastic double connections, the applicant has provided an alternative support for nursing brassieres.

As many changes could be made in the above brassiere construction, and many widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

1. A nursing brassiere construction having an upper 1 edge and ,a lower edge and having two breast cups positioned side by side, at the front of the brassiere, a separ-ating vertical narrow panel between and connecting the two breast cups, said breast cups each having an upper drop section and a lower elastic section, and each having an upwardly extending central peak portion at the upper edge, and a rear body portion extending between and connecting the outside edges of the breast cups, parallel side shoulder strips extending in inverted U-shaped loops from the upper edge of the construction at the top of each breast cup to the opposite upper edge of the rear body portion, said U-shaped loops having rear legs and forward legs, said shoulder straps at the lower ends of their forward legs having detachable hooks, and the upper peak portions having short non-elastic loops engaging said hooks and said vertical narrow panel having an elongated elastic loop to engage one of said detachable hooks when detached from said short non-elastic loops, to permit lowering of one of said upper drop sections.

2. The brassiere combination of claim 1, said elongated elastic loop being mounted on the inside face of said narrow panel substantially below the upper edge and midway of the height of said outer portions of said upper drop sections.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,132,128 Rasch Oct. 4, 1938 2,454,153 Glick Nov. 16, 1948 2,562,669 Keller July 31, 1951 2,882,907 P-uliafic-o Apr. 21, 1959 

1. A NURSING BRASSIERE CONSTRUCTION HAVING AN UPPER EDGE AND A LOWER EDGE AND HAVING TWO BREAST CUPS POSITIONED SIDE BY SIDE, AT THE FRONT OF THE BRASSIERE, A SEPARATING VERTICAL NARROW PANEL BETWEEN AND CONNECTING THE TWO BREAST CUPS, SAID BREAST CUPS EACH HAVING AN UPPER DROP SECTION AND A LOWER ELASTIC SECTION, AND EACH HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING CENTRAL PEAK PORTION AT THE UPPER EDGE, AND A REAR BODY PORTION EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTING THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE BREAST CUPS, PARALLEL SIDE SHOULDER STRIPS EXTENDING IN INVERTED U-SHAPED LOOPS FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE TOP OF EACH BREAST CUP TO THE OPPOSITE UPPER EDGE OF THE REAR BODY PORTION, SAID U-SHAPED LOOPS HAVING REAR LEGS AND FORWARD LEGS, SAID SHOULDER STRAPS AT THE LOWER ENDS OF THEIR FORWARD LEGS HAVING DETACHABLE HOOKS, AND THE UPPER PEAK PORTIONS HAVING SHORT NON-ELASTIC LOOPS ENGAGING SAID HOOKS AND SAID VERTICAL NARROW PANEL HAVING AN ELONGATED ELASTIC LOOP TO ENGAGE ONE OF SAID DETACHABLE HOOKS WHEN DETACHED FROM SAID SHORT NON-ELASTIC LOOPS, TO PERMIT LOWERING OF ONE OF SAID UPPER DROP SECTIONS. 